Millennial Harp 3
Eden of Love
1How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me,
In yon blissful region, the ha-ven of rest, Where
2glorified spirits with welcome shall greet me, And lead me to
3mansions prepared for the blest; En-cir-cled in light, and with
4glo-ry en-shroud-ed, My hap-pi-ness perfect, my mind's sky un-
The verse
- Meter
- 12.12
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 39% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me,//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12A
In yon blissful region, the ha-ven of rest, Where˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘//12B
Verse 2
glorified spirits with welcome shall greet me, And lead me to/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘15A
Verse 3
mansions prepared for the blest; En-cir-cled in light, and with/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘14A
Verse 4
glo-ry en-shroud-ed, My hap-pi-ness perfect, my mind's sky un-/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///15A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.